Secondary educators covering the topic of American slavery have the arduous challenge of breaking down one of the darkest periods of United States History. A daunting prospect for the classroom teacher is the idea of helping their students...

"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in International Studies."; Thesis advisor: Ghassan El-Eid.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2013.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves...

The following is an abstract of research conducted while writing a thesis entitled "Another Mask of Mexico and Its People Through Jorge Ibargüengoitia's Satirical Prose." Some authors believe the only purpose of satirical writing is to amuse the...

On December 12, 2005, the small Connecticut town of Eastford held a referendum for its 1,600 citizens to decide if they would allow alcohol sales in their town. The following morning, the results were clear. Eastford voters decided 330 to 287 to...

"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in English."; Thesis advisor: Katherine Sugg.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2014.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 98-103).

The Puritan settlers who established England's colony in Connecticut during the period from 1630 to 1660 brought forth and nurtured the seeds of democratic ideals for America and the world. The primary document that fertilized Connecticut's rich,...

Silas Deane was a patriot of questionable integrity during the Revolutionary War. He lived from 1737 to 1789. He rose from humble beginnings in Connecticut to prominence within the Colonial Congress meeting in Philadelphia, rubbing elbows with...

In his ground-breaking books, Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism, Edward Said explains how the Eastern, colonized other was textually created by the imperial powers that controlled them. Specifically, Western experts on and creators of texts...

Latin American drama -- History and criticism; Latin American drama -- 20th century

In this research study, based on eight contemporary Latin American plays. I examine the characterization strategies utilized by the authors in order to reflect the crisis of the modern Hispanic man. The titles and playwrights are the following:...

This thesis represents a thorough and comprehensive study of Puerto Rico political, economic and social circumstances from the perspectives of poet's generations during over two hundred years of colonial history. Over the last one hundred years...

In the Central Africa Region four million people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died largely unnoticed by western media from armed conflict and human rights abuses. Some scholars have written extensively that the conflict in...

The Evolution of the Afrocolombian Social Movement was driven by the pressures that black communities face daily. Colombia is a multicultural country, but it was not until the 1991 Constitutional reform that this was officially recognized. The...

This thesis has two main objectives. The first is to complete an accurate transcription of over two hundred pages of colonial handwriting contained in a compact sermon notebook that I have entitled The Hartford Sermon Notebook. The second objective...

"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Art in International Studies."; Thesis advisor: Peter A. Kyem.; M.A.,Central Connecticut State University,,2013.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 51-54).

On April 2, 1982, the British held Falkland Islands, two hundred and fifty miles, off the southeastern tip of Argentina, the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands were "invaded by several thousand Argentine Army, Navy and Air Force troops."...